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Specification of Letters Patent;

Application filed March 16, 1909. Serial No. 483,737.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l[, ELLA JANE MARLETT, a cltizen of the United States, residing at This invention relates to a method ofmaking composition for the prcduction of pie fillings.

One object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a composition of this character which maybe put up in powdered form for use, and from which the filling may be quickly and conveniently made by slmply adding a determined amount of the composition to a proper amountmf Water and boiling the resultant batter until cooked tothe required degree and consistency, where it may be poured into the previously prepared crust.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a method for producing a filling composition of this character the basic ingredients of which will form a stock with which any one of a number of flavoring substances may be combinedto adapt the composition for use In making different kinds of pics.

In practlce of preparing my new composition, I employ the following ingredients, to wit:

Granulated sugar 5 lbs.

. Cornstarch 11; lbs. Eggs doz. Salt 1; oz. Saltpetcr 2 grs.

These ingredients are thoroughly mixed, then exposed, ina suitable receptacle, to a temperature of about120 F. for a period of about ten minutes, then cooled in an ice box or refrigerator at freezing temperature or lower, and this operation is repeated the required number of times untillthe mixture is thoroughly dried, when it is ground to a powder and is then ready for use and may be put up in suitable receptacles for sale and dispensation. p

The purpose of first heating and then chilling the composition is to convert aportion of the moisture therein into vapor, whereby through the alternate operations of heating and cooling the composition, the drying or expulsion of the moisture is much more rapidly accomplished. Chilling of the composition after heating also prevents fermentation and prevents the composition from becoming hard or gummy, as it would if all the moisture were expelled bythe continued application of heat. By this process also the flavor is retained and its expulsion by the heat prevented.

The composition prepared as above described is suitable for use in the production of a plain custard filling for pies. By adding ground or shredded cocoanut, a cocoanut custard filling is obtained, and in a similar manner by adding diflerent kinds-of fruit, fruit juices or extracts, or any equivalent substance to give distinctive taste and flavor, a compound for use in making fillings for many difierent kinds of pics may be produced.

In the use of the composition for making a filling a suitable quantity of the compound is sifted slowly into a properamount of hotwater contained in a vessel over a fire and the mixture stirred constantly until a batter of the required consistency and cooked to the right degree is obtained. The filling thus prepared is then poured into the previously baked crust and allowed "to cool,

when the pie is ready to serve.

By the use of my filling stock or composition a thorou hly pure and wholesome filling is obtaine and pies may be made therefrom at much less time and expense than under the usual method and with a great saving of labor, as less time is required to make the filling and the process of manufacture allows the crusts to be 'previousliy baked and keptxon hand until require an item of importance in large bakeries and other establishments where the crusts may be baked at slack periods of work, and also in households where a large number of pies are made at a time or it is notice. As the compound will keep indefinitely its advantages for use-in seasons Patented Mar. 98, 19th.

desired tomake one or more pies on short In the preparation of the composition any suitable kind of flavoring substance and.,eggs in any required form 1n whole or part,'may be used, and sucfivariations are to be considered as falling w1th1n the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus, fully described the invenfreezing temperature until dry, and then tion, what is claimed as new, is grinding the dry product to a powder. 10

The herein described method of prepar- In testimony whereof I aflix my signaing a composition for the production of ture in presence of two witnesses. 5 pie filling, which consists in combining in ELLA JANE MARLETT.

an intimate admixture sugar, cornstarch, Witnesses: eg, 2;s salt and saltpeter, repeatedly first A. L. DAVIS, heatmg and then cooling the mixture to Mrs. C. M. MARLETI. 

